The Flags
Two Water Brewing Co.
- From:
- Two Water Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 0.28%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 20, 2023
- Added:
- Jan 14, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Our Canadian IPA is generously hopped with Warrior, Cascade & Citra with a slight fruit aroma that gives a balanced bitterness. The Flags is a confident brew, perfect for hop-heads and casual drinkers alike, or those wishing to catch a local hockey game.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.61/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Sept 1 2023
Aug 20, 2023
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.58/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
3.58/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
473 mL can purchased at the brewpub; no packaging date. Brewed and canned at Spearhead in Kingston, served slightly chilled.
Pours a mostly clear golden-orange colour with some sandy sediment strewn throughout its body; seated atop is one finger of loose, soapy white head that falls back within three minutes or so. It leaves behind an even band of lovely lace as it is reduced to a tight collar and some filmy wisps - looks fine to me. The aroma is muted, offering up hints of cereal grains and doughy sweetness alongside faintly fruity notes of citrus and berries; maybe a little earthy, too.
An inoffensive and approachable pale ale with session potential - I'm tasting grainy pale malts, dough and some honeyed biscuit sweetness, followed by hints of grapefruit and earthy, resiny notes that dissipate into a gritty, grainy aftertaste with a touch of spicy hops. Light-medium in body, with moderate carbonation that gently prickles the palate; feels smooth and a bit watery in the mouth. Not an interesting beer, but it's technically sound and excellent in terms of drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.58, a serviceable B grade. The Flags is a decently flavourful local pale ale - the can denotes it as a Canadian IPA, but "Canadian Ale" is how Two Water describes it on their website, which is probably a much more accurate description of this beer: it drinks more like an APA, and not an especially hop-forward one. That doesn't make the beer itself a flop, but the discrepancy between expectation and experience might wind up leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of some hopheads. Overall, I enjoyed this beer - it's a decent session-adjacent brew that I could feasibly drink in large quantities without complaint.
Jan 14, 2022Pours a mostly clear golden-orange colour with some sandy sediment strewn throughout its body; seated atop is one finger of loose, soapy white head that falls back within three minutes or so. It leaves behind an even band of lovely lace as it is reduced to a tight collar and some filmy wisps - looks fine to me. The aroma is muted, offering up hints of cereal grains and doughy sweetness alongside faintly fruity notes of citrus and berries; maybe a little earthy, too.
An inoffensive and approachable pale ale with session potential - I'm tasting grainy pale malts, dough and some honeyed biscuit sweetness, followed by hints of grapefruit and earthy, resiny notes that dissipate into a gritty, grainy aftertaste with a touch of spicy hops. Light-medium in body, with moderate carbonation that gently prickles the palate; feels smooth and a bit watery in the mouth. Not an interesting beer, but it's technically sound and excellent in terms of drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.58, a serviceable B grade. The Flags is a decently flavourful local pale ale - the can denotes it as a Canadian IPA, but "Canadian Ale" is how Two Water describes it on their website, which is probably a much more accurate description of this beer: it drinks more like an APA, and not an especially hop-forward one. That doesn't make the beer itself a flop, but the discrepancy between expectation and experience might wind up leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of some hopheads. Overall, I enjoyed this beer - it's a decent session-adjacent brew that I could feasibly drink in large quantities without complaint.
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